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Know your Feminists: Dorreya Shafik
February 15, 2015
This is Dorreya Shafik, the woman who founded the first Arabic-language women magazine in the region, titled Bint El Nile, followed by the first political party to be founded by a woman in Egypt.
She also barged into the parliament … Read More
Know your Feminists: Lotfia El Nadi
February 18, 2014 | Nadine El Sayed 2
In 1933, Lotfia El Nadi defied traditions and a strict father to become the first Egyptian woman to become a pilot.
Know your Feminists: Hoda Shaarawi
January 16, 2014
Hoda Shaarawi a pioneering feminist who organized the largest women’s anti-British demonstration in 1919 and removed the faceVeil (burqu’) in 1923 as a bold symbol of women’s liberation upon her arrival from a #women’srights conference in Rome. She co-founded the first Feminist’ Union in … Read More
Know your Feminists: Rawya Atteya
January 16, 2014
Rawya Atteya was the first woman to join the Egyptian parliament in 1957.
She was the first woman to be commissioned as an officer in the Liberation Army and played an active role in the Suez War in 1956.
Teach your daughter about pioneers
May 23, 2013
Your daughter’s dream might be becoming a princess when she grows up, she might have Barbie-like standards of beauty and would instantly choose a make up kit over a puzzle. But it’s your duty to teach her how to find … Read More
